Posts Tagged ‘PLC’
November 21, 2011 -LOOP-PRO Again Selected As Finalist For Industry Innovation Award
Engineers’ Choice Recognizes Continued Investments in Product Innovation and Value November 21, 2011 – Control Station today received notification that LOOP-PRO TUNER (Allen-Bradley Edition) was selected as a finalist…
Read MoreMay 10, 2011 -Control Station Expands Portfolio And Market Reach With New Joint Venture
Aware Technology Delivers Confidence in Production through Plant-Wide Condition Monitoring May 10, 2011 – Control Station today announced its participation in the formation of Aware Technology – a condition monitoring…
Read MoreWhat is Feed-Forward Control?
In a previous post cascade control was introduced as an effective means of limiting the lag between an upset and the associated PID control loop’s correction. As practitioners know: The longer the delay in responding, the larger the negative impact on a process. Like cascade, Feed-Forward enables the process to preemptively adjust for and counteract the effects of upstream disturbances.
Read MoreWhat Tools Are Available for Optimizing the CS 3000 and Centum VP DCS?
What have you done for me lately? That question directly influences the behavior of most everyone within a production facility. Face it, we operate in a meritocracy that has little to no memory of past contributions and as professionals we’re constantly striving to demonstrate value. Unfortunately the need to deliver day in and day out can feel like Groundhog Day without Bill Murray’s sense of humor.
Read MoreWhat Tuning Software is Available for Use With Rockwell Automation Controllers?
If you’re tired of manual tuning and you want more than the auto-tune function can muster, then you’re in luck. There are a variety of software products that support the array of PLCs and PACs from Rockwell Automation. No surprise that the only solution recommended by Rockwell Automation comes from your friends at Control Station.
Read MoreWhat Are My Options for Tuning a PID Controller?
Not all approaches to PID controller tuning are equal. Regardless of your approach a key to successfully tuning a controller is modeling the process dynamics accurately.
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